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A Message from RCSI President, Professor Ronan O'Connell - 10th July 2020

Click HERE for the weekly message from Professor Ronan O'Connell, President, RCSI


 
RCSI Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme - 2020-2021

The RCSI Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPD-SS) enables doctors who are not engaged in training to achieve the minimum of 20 external CPD credits per annum in order to meet the requirements outlined by the Irish Medical Council regarding the maintenance of professional competence.

 


The RCSI Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPD-SS) enables doctors who are not engaged in training to achieve the minimum of 20 external CPD credits per annum in order to meet the requirements outlined by the Irish Medical Council regarding the maintenance of professional competence.

 

Doctors are legally obliged to maintain their professional competence by enrolling in a professional competence scheme and follow requirements set by the Medical Council.  The CPD-Support Scheme (CPD-SS) provides educational courses for non-consultant hospital doctors(NCHDs) and all information on enrolment / eligibility requirements are available here

 

Online enrolment for CPD-SS 2020-2021 will open on Monday, 13 July 2020 and will close on Wednesday 30 September 2020. You can apply for enrolment by completing the following form available here

 
NEW - 1-year postgraduate programme in Human Factors in Patient Safety

The Department of Surgical Affairs at RCSI are delighted to advise that their innovative part-time postgraduate programme in Human Factors in Patient Safety is now available to complete in one year as a Postgraduate Diploma or over two years as a Postgraduate Master’s Degree. 


HF Patient Safety BrochureThe Department of Surgical Affairs at RCSI are delighted to advise that their innovative part-time postgraduate programme in Human Factors in Patient Safety is now available to complete in one year as a Postgraduate Diploma or over two years as a Postgraduate Master’s Degree. The progamme brochure can be downloaded HERE

 

This flexible part-time programme supports candidates who wish to become experts in delivering patient safety and quality improvement initiatives in acute hospitals. The programme is positioned at level 9 on the NFQ and has attracted interest from surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine doctors, obstetricians, pharmacists, nurses and midwives working in the acute hospital setting and safety and quality managers.

 

Enrollment is on-going and successful applicants will be allocated places on a first come first served bases. To avoid disappointment, please express your interest as soon as possible. The programme will commence as scheduled in September 2020 but if COVID-19 restrictions apply in the autumn that impact onsite delivery, then the programme is ready to commence with online delivery.

 

You can find out more about the programme by clicking HERE to register your interest, request a call or read testimonials from graduates of the programme. The Human Factors team at RCSI Surgical Affairs would be delighted to hear further from you at mschumanfactorsps@rcsi.ie  if you should have any queries or questions.

 
Weekly Webinar Series 8th July 2020

This weekly webinar series aims to update surgical teams on the latest developments and what it means for them.   This webinar was a discussion around Medico-Legal Impact of COVID-19 and is available here

 


 
Save The Date - Wednesday 15th July 2020

The RCSI’s Weekly Webinar will be a discussion around The Positive Impact of Physician Associates in Irish Healthcare

 

Click HERE to register

 

1 CPD credit for attendance at live webinar